Chi Alpha Uni - Sermon Audio

Starting our last series of the school year, Pastor Derek preached a message on taking risks for the sake of the Gospel. He encouraged us with the story of Peter walking on water, and he challenged us to get out of our comfort zones so that God can use us to help change the campus.

Pastor Derek closed out our sermon series on the story of Joseph by talking about how Joseph trusted God through all of his hardship. He highlighted how God had a plan for Joseph's life, and that we too should remember God's faithfulness and trust him with our own lives.

We continued our series on the story of Joseph with a message about Godly character! Pastor Joel showed us how Joseph honored God with his actions no matter what. He challenged us to look inward at our motivations for doing the right things, and encouraged us to center them on Jesus.

We kicked off a new sermon series on the story of Joseph by getting to hear from staff member Aaron Manning! Aaron walked us through Joseph's life and how his family affected him. He then challenged us to look for the ways our own family impacts us with the encouragement that Jesus can define our future.

Pastor Derek closed out our series on love, dating, and sex with a message about the Bible's view on sex. He showed us how to stay pure before God, and encouraged us not to see how close to the line we can get, but to see how close to Jesus we can be.

Pastor KC continued our series on love and dating with a message on singleness. She encouraged us that singleness can be good, and that we should be content in all circumstances. In order to play the game of love, we have to be content during the pause.

Pastor Derek kicked off our sermon series on love, dating, and marriage with a message on dating. He challenged us to look inward before dating and to make sure we are ready for marriage before we even start. To play the game of love, we need to be the person that the person we are looking for is looking for.

Pastor Derek closed out our "Ready for Revival" sermon series by talking about the importance of faith. He challenged us to pray that God would help the areas of unbelief in our lives, and that revival only happens when we have enough faith in God to do it in our time.

In week four of our Ready for Revival series, Pastor Derek talks about the importance of being set apart. He explained that if we want to be used by God in a special way, we have to live in a way that is aligned with the teachings of Jesus. In order to be ready for revival, we have to pursue a life of consecration.

This week, Pastor Derek talked about how revival will not happen in our time until we are wholeheartedly devoted to Jesus. He challenged us to think through the areas of our lives that might be idols, keeping us from spending time with Jesus. To be ready for revival, we have to be fully devoted to seeking His presence.

Pastor Victor continued our sermon series on revival by talking about how God is in the business of restoring broken things. He encouraged us that no matter what we have done, God's saving grace and restoration can make us a new creation that he can use for his glory.

Pastor Derek kicked off our first service of the semester by proclaiming how God wants to do big things in 2024. He encouraged us that if we want to see revival on our campus, we have to be hungry for his presence, and persistent in prayer. Only when we do this, will we be ready for revival. Parts of the sermon were inspired by Jon Tyson's "God Comes Where He's Wanted" series from Church of the City New York.

In our last service of the semester, Pastor Derek talked about how we can share the light of Jesus to others. He explained how we can't show others the light, however, until we clear out the things in our heart that blocks it. If we can make a path in our hearts and pursue holiness, God will make the light shine through.

This week we got to hear from Amber Enos, who is an associate staff member with Chi Alpha! She continued our current series about the coming of Jesus in the book of John. She explained the importance of Jesus coming in the flesh, and how his ultimate sacrifice on earth means never-ending grace for us.

Kicking off our final sermon series of the semester, Pastor Derek preached on John chapter one. He talked about how Jesus is the light against darkness, and how the light always wins. No matter how dark our lives get, the light is always present.

In part five of our Becoming series, Pastor Derek talked about what greatness looks like within the Kingdom of God. He highlighted how Jesus modeled true greatness through servant-hearted leadership by washing the disciples feet. We are all called to live service by humbling ourselves and serving others.

Pastor Derek continued our sermon series about the areas in our lives we can grow in to become more like Jesus. This week, he walked us through Genesis and how the devil tempted Eve with lies. He then encouraged us to find freedom from the lies and sins that entrap us in our own lives by confessing them to God and to others.

Pastor KC continued our sermon series on what it looks like to be a healthy Jesus follower by teaching us how to find friendship. She showed us how Jesus modeled what it looks like to be the ultimate friend to others, and she challenged us by calling us to something deeper than surface level relationships.

Pastor Derek continued our teaching on the Holy Spirit, and this week he talked about the baptism of the Holy Spirit. He walked us through how the Disciples in Acts received this baptism and how it was necessary for them to obtain the power of God in order to start the early church. Similarly, we also need the power of the Holy Spirit so that we can walk into all that God is calling us to.

To kick off our sermon series about the Holy Spirit, we welcomed Daniel Quinby, who is the pastor of Sent Church, as a guest speaker. He outlined for us who the Holy Spirit is and his role in our lives. He then emphasized our need for him to be active in our lives if we are to fulfill all that God has for us.